International Youth Music Meeting in Zurich
From July 11 to 14, 2024, youth music associations from all over the world will meet at the World Youth Music Festival in Zurich. The registration deadline is October 31.
How the World Youth Music Festival (WJMF) it offers competitions at the highest level for orchestras in harmony, brass band or big band formations. Other competition disciplines include parade music, the indoor show competition and tambourine competitions in various categories. Youth music formations with members up to the age of 25 can take part (three joker members who are older are permitted).
The jury is made up of renowned musicians from Switzerland and abroad. Trumpeter and Mnozil Brass founder Thomas Gansch is a festival ambassador, while Erich Zumstein, Director of the Zurich Conservatory of Music, is the festival director.
Registration deadline until October 31, 2023
Clubs from Switzerland and abroad can submit their applications via the website until October 31. Register participation. Anyone who has already left adolescence behind them but would still like to be actively involved can register as a helper. Among other things, we are looking for people to support the clubs from Germany and abroad.
World Youth Music Festival
The World Youth Music Festival Zurich (WJMF) was founded on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Jugendmusik Zürich 11 and has since developed into an international festival for amateur musicians between the ages of 9 and 25. Since 1985, between 2,600 and 4,500 young people from all over the world have traveled to Zurich for each festival to meet like-minded musicians from other clubs around the world, to make music with them and to compete with them in various categories. Over the past 33 years, a total of 250 orchestras from around 50 countries have come together for a fascinating musical competition. The last WJMF took place in 2017. The 2021 festival did not take place due to the pandemic.
